At The Monkey Wrench this Saturday, October 16th. (By the way. I have no affiliation. Just passing the info along for anyone who might be interested)
Location/Website:
The Monkey Wrench, 1025 Barrett Avenue, Louisville KY 40204 Phone (502) 582-2433,
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Announcing the 1st ever International Annual GONZO FESTIVAL, including Performer List/Times, all paying tribute to and honoring the life, work and legacy of one of the greatest most fearless writers of all time, Louisville Kentucky’s own native son Dr. Hunter S. Thompson.
1st ever International GONZO FESTIVAL!!!!!!!
Saturday October 16, 2010 from Noon till 2AM at Dennie Humphrey's The Monkey Wrench.
This first ever, then annual, International GONZO FESTIVAL launches Dennie Humphrey's The Monkey Wrench as International Gonzo Hangoutology Monkey Wrench Gang Headquarters Park. giant Hunter mural (by Carol McLeod, Andy Cook, Evan Leibowitz, & Alexander King will be unveiled as part of the Festival which will birth International Gonzo Hangoutology Headquarters Monkey Wrench Park. next year life size bronze statue (already commissioned) of Hunter standing, with typewriter in left hand/arm & right arm raised with clenched GONZO dagger/peyote button fist, will be unveiled plus billboard with KEEP THE HIGHLANDS GONZO emblazoned on it plus couple park benches plus inside The Monkey Wrench perpetually increasing numbers of displayed Hunter memorabilia.
The Monkey Wrench, 1025 Barrett Avenue, Louisville KY 40204 Phone (502) 582-2433,
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Tickets, now on sale, for the Rain or Shine event are $12.00 in advance for General Admission or $15.00 day of the event for the entire show (no Guest Passes for anyone including producers). VIP ALL Access (only 100 of these tickets available & only @ The Monkey Wrench) $75.00 includes complimentary Food and Beverage, whatever you want to eat/drink (20 drink tickets) for entire 14-hour non-stop Festival. Tickets just now available, & going fast, @ earX-tacy records, The Monkey Wrench and online @ http://www.eTix.com
This is an international event / happening / celebration of Louisville (The Highlands) Kentucky native son featuring Hunter's widow Anita Thompson (author of two brilliant books on Hunter which she'll be reading from & signing) and some of the best bands, musicians, singers, spoken word poets, authors, outlaw troublemakers (especially Ron), visual artists, dancers with snakes, speakers, sculptors, photographers, and filmmakers including Scott Carney of Wax Fang, The Galoots with Shannon Lawson & Steve Cooley, The Fervor, The Workers, NY Mets Poet Laureate Frank Messina, Florida poet/author Vanessa Blakeslee, Tyrone Cotton, Shelby McDowell & The Stiffs, Alanna Fugate, Nerves Jr., Six White Horses, The Commonwealth, Paul K, Russel Hulsey, Shelly Vaughn Hora, Your News Vehicles, Angela Wedding, Gnuma, John Gage, John Paul Wright, Johnny Sands, Lotus Blake, Matter of Chance, Nancy Bruner Wilson, High Water Mark, Brigid Kaelin, Jacklyn Marceau, Brett Eugene Ralph with Jamie Daniels, W. Loran Smith, Susi Wood, Captain America Merry Prankster Ed McClanahan, John Gage, Angela Wood (with snake), The Dancing Ghost of Rebekah Trygg, The Bad Reeds, John Paul Wright, Ninnie, Eric Sutherland (Holler Poets), John Siegel, Marion Dries, Mark Bacon, J. B. Wilson, 23 String Band, Jak Son Renfro & Serpent Wisdom with Special Guests, Dean McClain, J.B. Miller, Kelly Render Wilkinson, Justin Lewis, Angela Cougar Express, Nanine Henderson, Aviv Nasmani, Ray Redman, Danny O'Bryan, High Water Mark, William Sovern, Rob Z, James Davis, Dylan Browning Whitehead, Gui Stuart, Shelley Vaughn Hora, Divinity Rose, Brian Patrick Hall, William Sovern, James Davis, Rob Z, John Hagan, Samantha The Hawk Hawkinson, Matthew Landan, Outlaw Poet Ron Whitehead & Onward Pilgrim with violinist Emily Caudill & fiddler David Humphrey plus Special Surprise Guests.